Fastener for garments and the like.



- E. S. BRADBURY.

I FASTENER FOR GARMENTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I0. 1915.

Patented July 23, 1918..

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Application filed December 10, 1915. Serial No: 66.050.

This invention relates to devices used forfastening garments and for analogous purposes such as attaching curtains to curtain rings. 7

The fastener'consists of two'parts, one part comprising arms united by a bow or coil spring, hook terminations upon the arms, and grip members upon the arms for facilitating the pressing of the hooks to- When used upon a garment this said part is secured toone flap of a coat or other garment by means of a loop of leather or other material stitched or otherwise secured to the said arment. The loop and spring are covered by material similar to the material of the garment.

The other part of the fastener comprises a D shaped rin secured by a loop, similar to the loop of t e first part, to the opposite flap of the coat or garment to be. fastened.

This said loop and the rear part of the D a shaped ring are covered by the material of the garment. The straight side of the D shaped ring terminates in recesses into which the hook terminations of the first part of the fastener enter and are securely held.

The drawin herewith illustrates the invention and will be referred to for the purposes of a detailed description.

Figure 1, is a front elevation, and

Fi 2, a plan of the fastener attached to the aps of a garment. V

Fig. 3., is an elevation of the D shaped ring, and

Fig. 4, is an elevation of the fastener as used for attaching a curtain to a curtain 'I he fastener is conveniently made of wire,and comprises a first part having arms 1 and 2 united by a bow or coil spring 3, and terminating in hooks 4 and 5, which are splayed outwardly. Grip members 6 and 7 are formed by bending the wire of the arms upon itself and forming outward projections, which can be readily gripped. Instead'ofina-king' the grips integral with the armsis-described, they may be made separately and secured to the arms by soldering or-otherwise.- The hooks havetheir ends 8 bent over in order to prevent the said ends from catching when the coat orother garment is unfastened.- V

The said first partis secured to the flap 1O ofthe garment by aloop'll of leather or oth'er material stitched or otherwise secured to the said flap. V

The loop 11, the spring 3 and part of the arms land 2 are protected or hidden .by a covering 12 made of the same material as used in making the garment.

The second part, of the fastener comprises a D shaped ring 13. The ends of the straight side 14, where they join the bow part of the ring, are formed into recesses 15 and 16. The ring 13 is secured to the flap 16 of the garment by a loop 17 of leather or other material, which is stitched to the said flap. The loop 17 and the rear part of the ring 13 are protected or hidden by a covering 18 made of the same material as used'in making the garment.-

The fastener can be made of any suitable material, such as steel or hard brass wire or the like, and is so formed that when in use the hooks 4 and 5 are sprung into position within the ring 13 and are locked in the recesses 15 and 16 by the force of the spring 3 and by the splaying of the hooks.

When connecting together the two parts of the fastener, the grip members 6 and 7 are pressed together until the hooks 5 and 6 are close'enough to pass into the ring 13. The spring 3 is then allowed to force the hooks into the recesses 15 and 16. To separate the two parts the grip members are again pressed together to release the hooks from the recesses.

Although a leather loop is preferable for securing the fastener to the garment, the

same may be attached directly to the gar-.

size to suit heavy or light garments, and

supersedes-the ordinary button, or hook a spring coil an d ha-vingtheir "other ends bent outwardly away from each OtliBlQwtDd another member comprising a substantially straight portion transverse :to said-arms and an open circular portion; ,theends z'of'isaid straight portion being. inwardly acurved to partially surround the -=lastamentioned= ends of'the first member and being joined-t0 the ends of the circular portion by .reversely curved portions. a

2. A fastener of the kinddeseribed;con=

Copies of thigpatbnt-mdy :be obtained +tor sisting of a member having a pair of substantially parallel arms joined at one end a curvedinwardly around the ends of the arms of the other member and then reyersely eiirv' ec'l' toro-act With the ends-of the arms of the-first member during relative move ment of said members to facilitate disengagement of thesame.

In-testimony whereof i-I have signedmy nariie to-thisspecification in the presence of twoitnesses. I I 1 iEDWARDsBENOER BRADBUR-Yi Witnesses; a a p 7 Hal: BRIDG TNA. J.TIIART.

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